Online education is booming — and is becoming increasingly accepted by employers, a survey by the research company Zogby International suggests. The survey finds that 83% of CEOs and small-business owners who are familiar with online education (also called “distance learning”) believe that degrees received online are as credible as those earned on a college campus.
1. Online courses are now offered by more than two-thirds of all U.S. colleges and universities.
2. Thirty five percent of schools offer programs that are entirely online.
4. Only 61% of the 1,547 CEO’s surveyed were familiar with online education.
This information, compiled in a 2007 Sloan Survey of Online Learning, shows that the acceptance of online degrees is making solid gains – but there are still hurdles to overcome both in academia and in the business world.



